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| − | + | James Fraser was born in Glasgow, [[Soctland]]. He came to Victoria in 1850 on the Gambier with her sister [[Mary Faulds]] and brother-in-law [[Matthew Faulds]]. They were among the first to mine on the [[Eureka Stockade]] site. | |
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| + | James Fraser was one of the two men with [[James Scobie]], the miner whose murder many say, sparked off the sequence of events that led to the stockade massacre. Mary and Matthew Faulds had improved their tent on the stockade site by building a stone and iron chimney to help with cooking and heating.<ref> http://www.takver.com/history/eureka.htm#aa518.</ref> | ||
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| + | At the time of the attack [[Mary Faulds]] was pregnant and in labour. They had decided to stay in their tent for the pregnancy because they believed the troops would not attack "on the Sabbath day". When the first shots rang out, Matthew her husband, rolled two logs on either side of her, laid a blanket over her and sat beside her during the attack. A trooper on horseback slashed the tent with his sword, saw she was in labour and rode away. Miraculously apart from the dust, smoke, noise and the occasional bullet whizzing through the tent, they were left alone. Their daughter [[Adeliza Faulds]] was born during or shortly after the battle.<ref> http://www.takver.com/history/eureka.htm#aa518.</ref> | ||
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| + | The family moved to Magpie near Ballarat after the gold petered out. Matthew Faulds died on the 26th June 1884, his wife died on the 17th December 1897 at the age of 71. Their daughter [[Adeliza Faulds]] married Charles Archer on the 2nd October 1880. She moved to Sydney and died at the age of 81 on the 16th January 1935. She was known as the "Eureka baby" and returned to Ballarat to join in the 50th anniversary celebrations on the 3rd December 1904. At the celebrations Adeliza recalled that as a young girl she was taken to the miners graves at the Ballarat cemetery by an old digger and told to "Never, never forget".<ref> http://www.takver.com/history/eureka.htm#aa518.</ref> | ||
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| + | Mary Fraser (1828-1897) was born in Glasgow, she married Matthew Faulds in Glasgow in 1849. Mary, her husband and her brother | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 28 August 2017
Background
James Fraser was born in Glasgow, Soctland. He came to Victoria in 1850 on the Gambier with her sister Mary Faulds and brother-in-law Matthew Faulds. They were among the first to mine on the Eureka Stockade site.
James Fraser was one of the two men with James Scobie, the miner whose murder many say, sparked off the sequence of events that led to the stockade massacre. Mary and Matthew Faulds had improved their tent on the stockade site by building a stone and iron chimney to help with cooking and heating.[1]
At the time of the attack Mary Faulds was pregnant and in labour. They had decided to stay in their tent for the pregnancy because they believed the troops would not attack "on the Sabbath day". When the first shots rang out, Matthew her husband, rolled two logs on either side of her, laid a blanket over her and sat beside her during the attack. A trooper on horseback slashed the tent with his sword, saw she was in labour and rode away. Miraculously apart from the dust, smoke, noise and the occasional bullet whizzing through the tent, they were left alone. Their daughter Adeliza Faulds was born during or shortly after the battle.[2]
The family moved to Magpie near Ballarat after the gold petered out. Matthew Faulds died on the 26th June 1884, his wife died on the 17th December 1897 at the age of 71. Their daughter Adeliza Faulds married Charles Archer on the 2nd October 1880. She moved to Sydney and died at the age of 81 on the 16th January 1935. She was known as the "Eureka baby" and returned to Ballarat to join in the 50th anniversary celebrations on the 3rd December 1904. At the celebrations Adeliza recalled that as a young girl she was taken to the miners graves at the Ballarat cemetery by an old digger and told to "Never, never forget".[3]
